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Ordinary knowledge obtained by a university education pertains only to matter, and it is not accepted here as knowledge. Knowledge means knowing the distinction between spirit and matter. In modern education there is no knowledge about spirit; they are simply taking care of the material elements Therefore academic knowledge is not complete.

Education in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is always transcendental and is the best of all forms of education. Material education aims at increasing the activities of material sense gratification. transcendental knowledge. But beyond that brahma-vidyā, or knowledge of the impersonal Brahman, is knowledge of devotional service This knowledge is higher.

Generally, people are not educated in this confidential knowledge; they are educated in external knowledge As far as ordinary education is concerned, people are involved with so many departments: politics, sociology There are so many departments of knowledge all over the world and many huge universities, but there is , unfortunately, no university or educational institution where the science of the spirit soul is instructed

For advanced education there are various kinds of books of knowledge, such as the four Vedas, their six So all together there are fourteen divisions of books of education. Of these, the book which presents adhyātma-vidyā, spiritual knowledge – in particular, the Vedānta-sūtra

The Māyāvādī philosophers think that without discriminating one cannot have pure knowledge. Supreme Lord: those who are engaged in pure devotional service, even though they be without sufficient education and even without sufficient knowledge of the Vedic principles, are still helped by the Supreme God,

Jñāna refers to an authorized philosophical and analytic perception of reality, and when such knowledge Speculative, impersonal knowledge does not actually purify the heart of the living entity but rather Just as a father is always proud of his son’s education, similarly, Lord Kṛṣṇa becomes very happy to see the living entities acquiring a sound spiritual education and thus making progress on the way back

The process of education may be succinctly described as a way of eradicating ignorance through the attainment of knowledge. refute the specious, the illusory and the imperfect and elevate ourselves to a platform of full knowledge

This chapter of Bhagavad-gītā is called the king of education because it is the essence of all doctrines So there is no dearth of knowledge in the field of philosophy or transcendental knowledge. Now the Lord says that this Ninth Chapter is the king of all such knowledge, the essence of all knowledge It is the most confidential because confidential or transcendental knowledge involves understanding the And the king of all confidential knowledge culminates in devotional service.

If He were a transcendental person, He would have self-effulgent knowledge, and thus there would be no need to educate Him.

“Conquering the world by means of material education is not desirable. If one engages himself in devotional service, his education is perfected.” (Ādi 13.173)

“The purpose of education is to understand Kṛṣṇa and His devotional service. If one does not do so, then education is false.” (Ādi 12.49)

This education is called brahma-jijñāsā and is the real concern of human life. Without such knowledge, one cannot claim to be a human being; rather, he remains in the animal kingdom As it is said, sa eva go-kharaḥ: without such knowledge, one is no better than a cow or an ass.

The three curses mentioned above are sufficient to make one as dull as stone, void of spiritual knowledge and preoccupied with materialistic education, which is nescience.

In other words, knowledge of devotional service can be neither inauspicious nor contrary to etiquette Therefore the spontaneous education of Prahlāda Mahārāja is supported as auspicious and perfect.

Similarly, the so-called educational vibrations of the tongues of university professors who do not have spiritual knowledge is like the croaking of frogs.

Higher education is not meant for everyone. Only selected individuals trained in brahminical culture should be allowed to pursue a higher education educated. The duty of a brāhmaṇa is to become learned in the Vedic literature and teach the Vedic knowledge to It is a mistake to educate every student as a technologist.

In human society the original knowledge is called Veda, and the essential part of veda, or knowledge, From the honeybee, an intelligent human being should learn to take the essence, or nectar, of all knowledge Education does not mean to become an intellectual ass carrying heavy loads of useless knowledge; rather , one should accept the essential knowledge that leads to an eternal life of bliss and understanding.

“Learned sages have definitely concluded that the infallible purpose of the advancement of knowledge, Education, austerity, penance or, in the modern world, business, industry, education and so on — all

The Vedas are the storehouse of knowledge, both material and spiritual. But such knowledge aims at perfection of self-realization. The specific intelligent class of men who were devoted particularly to the knowledge of the Vedas were called the vipras, or the graduates of the Vedic knowledge. the vipras were also teachers of this section of knowledge, as were Droṇācārya, Kṛpācārya, etc.

Of these, īkṣā trayī especially, i.e., knowledge of the self, knowledge of fruitive acts and logic and All these are different subjects of Vedic education, and therefore I consider them temporary engagements